Cards beat Mets in 13

Albert Pujols had the 20-inning marathon that the St. Louis Cardinals played against the Mets earlier this year in the back of his mind when he stepped to the plate in a tie game Wednesday night. It was already the 13th inning, and with a day game on the horizon, the big slugger wanted nothing more than to drive in a run and head for bed. Pujols did exactly that, with a single through the left side of the infield that scored Skip Schumaker from third base. The run allowed St. Louis to hang on after blowing a big lead in an 8-7 victory over New York.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia winds up in the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Mets' Mike Hessman hits a two-run double off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia in the first inning of a baseball game in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker, right, tags out New York Mets David Wright (5), who tried to stretch a single into a double in the sixth inning of a baseball game in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday (7) reacts after popping out to second in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Mets center fielder Angel Pagan, rear, rounds the bases past St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Mitchell Boggs after hitting an eighth-inning, two-run home run in a baseball game at in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Mets' Jose Reyes protests after St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Aaron Miles (12) caught Reyes stealing in the bottom of the 10th inning in a baseball game in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits a 13th-inning RBI single in a baseball game against the New York Mets in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)